We Need Your Story (An Invitation)

Your life is a story written by God. Though you’re living it now, He recorded every line of your life before you were even born.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them. (Psalm 139:16)

In a world full of voices and stories, it’s easy to believe that our small life doesn’t matter as much as someone else’s. Can I tell you how I’ve believed this sometimes? I have. I have discounted my own stories, believing that because I’m not well known, or don’t have the coolest shoes, and an unlimited budget, or because I’m not part of particular inner rings, that my story–my life–is somehow less important than the lives of others.

Let’s just end this craziness right now. THAT stuff? That’s enemy territory. You don’t need a sheet of qualifications for your life story to count. Christ qualifies you. His death was sufficient for ALL the people. Including you. PERIOD.

You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me. (psalm 139:3-5)

You? Your life? Your miraculous life-story of the every day? It ALL matters. It matters because God writes our stories. He is the Master author and let’s be honest–He writes the best stories. Nobody can write a life the way He can.

We need your story because your story is part of a bigger one. There’s something bigger happening than what we see within the folds of our own lives. You are not alone. The words you say, the interactions you have–it all affects other people, and so the ripple goes out from each one of us, as we move through our days.

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Amen! Love this so much Jammies or jeans, the messy, the ordinary, the beautiful – all of it together sharing life

http://www.joyfullmom.com/ Andrea Mitchell

I needed to read this today. And I am so looking forward to this! Do you think my toddler will give me at least 20 mins of peace that weekend? *grin*

Alia_Joy

Amen! And praise God you’ve been pushing off those lies because Refine is around the corner and I know God is at work in the lives and stories of the women who are gathering. It’s just one more piece of the mosaic He’s binding together. Love you woman!